Facebook and Instagram reportedly host thousands of explicit ads for AI-generated companions and girlfriend apps and sex workers are accusing Meta of double standards when it comes to policing smut. The online chatbots in the ads provide users with AI-generated imagery of realistic, partially clothed and stereotypically pornographic women, including one promising to get you
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Changpeng Zhao, the former chief executive of Binance, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating US money-laundering laws at the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. The sentence was imposed by US District Judge Richard Jones in Seattle, who rejected prosecutors’ request that the 47-year-old Zhao serve a three-year term, twice the maximum
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Elon Musk’s abrupt decision to lay off employees who ran Tesla’s electric vehicle charging business blindsided automakers gearing up to equip new EVs for customers to use the Tesla Supercharger network, industry officials and analysts said on Tuesday. For now, General Motors, Ford and other automakers which struck deals last year to give customers access to the
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Amazonreported quarterly results above Wall Street’s expectations on Tuesday, as interest in artificial intelligence helped drive cloud-computing growth. Shares of the Seattle-based e-commerce and tech company climbed almost 3% in extended trade, even after its current-quarter revenue forecast came in below expectations. The stock closed down 3.3% in the regular session. Chief Financial Officer Brian
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao speaks at a Binance fifth anniversary event in Paris, France, July 8, 2022.  Staff | Reuters Changpeng Zhao, the billionaire co-founder and former CEO of Binance, is expected to see his mammoth wealth remain intact and likely continue to climb even as he faces time behind bars
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Police have raided Columbia University and arrested pro-Palestinian protesters after demonstrators occupied one of its buildings. It comes after New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Tuesday that the demonstration at the Ivy League school “must end now” and claimed “professional outside agitators” had infiltrated the protest. University bosses said they had called in
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Changpeng Zhao, former chief executive officer of Binance, arrives at federal court in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.  David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Binance’s billionaire founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison on Tuesday, after pleading guilty to charges of enabling money laundering at his crypto exchange.
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Line Of Duty actor Brian McCardie has died aged 59, his family has confirmed. Best known for playing mafia boss John Thomas ‘Tommy’ Hunter in the police procedural, he had also recently joined the cast of Outlander prequel, Blood Of My Blood. His sister confirmed his death on X, writing: “It is with great sadness
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